February 3, 2004
09:00 AM (EST)

News Release Number: STScI-2004-06

Supernova Blast Bonanza in Nearby Galaxy

February 3, 2004: The nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 1569 is a hotbed of vigorous star birth
activity which blows huge bubbles that riddle the
main body of the galaxy. The galaxy's "star factories" are
also manufacturing brilliant blue star clusters. This galaxy had a
sudden onset of star birth about 25 million years
ago, which subsided about the time the very earliest human ancestors
appeared on Earth.